Sports Medicine & Cartilage Restoration

Conditions commonly treated for the upper extremities are rotator cuff tears, shoulder dislocations and instability, labral and SLAP tears, shoulder arthritis, elbos stiffness and arthritis, tennis and golfer's elbow.

Conditions commonly treated for the lower extremities are ACL, PCL, MCL, LCL and meniscal tears of the knee, cartilage and chondral defects, knee arthritis, osteochondritis dissecans of the knee, ankle instability, ankle arthritis, peroneal tendon dislocations and osteochondritis dissecans of the talus.

Louis C. Almekinders, MD Procedures: Shoulder Rotator Cuff Repair Labral Repair Shoulder Reconstruction (Bankart Repair) for instability Total Shoulder Arthroplasty A-C Joint Reconstruction Ankle Ankle Arthroscopy Achilles Tendon Repair Peroneal Tendon Stabilization Lateral Ankle Ligament Reconstruction Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation Osteochondral Autograft Transfer System (OATS) Chondroplasty and Microfracture Knee Unicondylar Knee Arthroplasty Total Knee Arthroplasty ACL Reconstruction LCL Repair / Reconstruction PCL Reconstruction Meniscal Repair / Reconstruction Meniscal Transplantation Cartilage Reconstruction with Allograft Knee Arthroscopy Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation Osteochondral Autograft Transfer System (OATS) Chondroplasty and Microfracture Tibial Osteotomy Elbow Elbow Arthroscopy Bicep Tendon Repair Tennis Elbow Repair Collateral Ligament Reconstruction